As a long time fan of the Evil Dead series, I have to honestly say that I was rather disappointed with this ‘remake’. I don’t feel that it lived up to the creepiness and scare factor of its predecessors and was a bit predictable.
The plot was generally the same; invoke evil accidentally and then try to get rid of it, but that was as far as the similarities went. It starts off as a drug intervention for Mia, and then spirals out of control when Eric found the Necronomicon.
It lived up to Sam Rami’s love of using gallons and gallons of blood, but that just didn’t seem to do it. It was missing that deep fear element. To me, that is what made Evil Dead a cult classic. I remember that it used to give me nightmares because of just how eerie it was. But this remake was just a bloodbath on screen that flooded out the creepy eeriness.
It did, however, have it’s good points as most movies do if you look hard enough. The special effects were very impressive, and the wounds looked very legitimate. As seen in the trailer, when Mia splits her tongue on the razor, it really looked as if she were really cutting through her flesh.
Another thing that I enjoyed, and not uncommon in the horror genre, was all the references to Evil Dead 1 and 2. If you are an avid fan of the two classics, then you’ll get a kick out of spotting them throughout the entire movie.
That being said, I still have to say I was really disappointed with the movie. As far as ‘The Scariest Movie I have ever Seen, as the adds put it; not by far. But, it is a good movie to watch with some friends or scare the hell out of your little brother.
Reviewed by Damnetha Jules
Damnetha is a staff writer, movie and book critic.
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